2003

Issues: Number 84 -95

NUMBER 84, JANUARY 2003 (PDF version click here)

THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: From Florence to Porto Alegre, via Hyderabad: A Year in the Life of the World Social Forum
By Walden Bello

THE ASIAN SOCIAL FORUM: A Great Movement is Born
By Praful Bidwai

Purging pain to forge a new world
By Herbert V Docena

Statement of the Asian Social Mass & Peoples' Movements & Organisations

Statement of the Peoples Movements Encounter

WSF SOCIAL FORUM ON PALESTINE: "At least they didn't shoot us"
By Herbert V. Docena

BEYOND ASIA
A Split Screen in Strike-Torn Venezuela
By Mark Weisbrot

"Deglobalization"? Sure, But...
Patrick Bond reviews Walden Bello's "Deglobalisation"

NUMBER 85, February 2003 (PDF version click here)

AGRICULTURE PROPOSAL WILL INCREASE DUMPING, UNEMPLOYMENT AND HUNGER
Aileen Kwa

THE REEMERGENCE OF BALANCE-OF-POWER POLITICS
Walden Bello

CONFRONTING EMPIRE
Arundhati Roy

OLE, OLE LULA!
Herbert V Docena

BHAGWATI AND BELLO SQUARE OFF ON FREE TRADE AND FREE MARKETS

NUMBER 86, April 2003 (PDF version click here)

WAR IN IRAQ

THE STALEMATE IN IRAQ AND THE GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT
By Walden Bello

FOCUS DECLINES TO REQUEST DFID GRANT RENEWAL IN PROTEST AT BRITISH ROLE IN IRAQ

"UNITING FOR PEACE": UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVIDES CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT
By Jeremy Brecher

POSTWAR IRAQ: A SHOWCASE FOR PRIVATIZATION?
By Philip Mattera

A WAR ON THE CHILDREN, NOT ON SADDAM
Report of the Asian Peace Mission To Iraq, 13 - 18 March 2003

WTO: WAR BY OTHER MEANS

LOWERING EXPECTATIONS AND LOOKING FOR SCAPEGOATS
By Nicola Bullard

PASCAL LAMY HOLDS COURT AT THE ORIENTAL
By Walden Bello and Chanida Bamford

WTO AGRICULTURE TALKS SET TO EXACERBATE WORLD HUNGER
By Aileen Kwa

THE ROAD TO CANCUN: Towards a Movement Strategy for the WTO Ministerial
By Walden Bello

CALL FOR MOBILIZATION TOWARD THE WTO MEETING IN CANCUN 2003

NUMBER 87, May 2003 (PDF version click here)

COUNTDOWN TO CANCUN: OPAQUE, EXCLUSIVE AND "RULE-LESS" NEGOTIATING PROCESS
Aileen Kwa

DERAIL THE 5TH MINISTERIAL OF THE WTO
Call of the Hemispheric and Global Assembly against the FTAA and the WTO, Mexico City, May 11-12, 2003

AN ACTIVIST'S GUIDE TO THE G8
Christophe Aguiton

AFRICA IN EVIAN: IF THE G8 IS MEETING, IT MUST BE TIME TO 'DIGNIFY' NEPAD (AGAIN)
Patrick Bond

NUMBER 88, June 2003 (PDF version click here)

IN THIS ISSUE
SLAP IN THE ADB'S FACE: THE KHLONG DAN WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PROJECT
Luntharimar Longcharoen

THE MESS THAT IS MAYNILAD: LEGAL WRANGLING AT THE
EXPENSE OF CONSUMERS AND TAXPAYERS
Jolette Fajardo

THE ADB IN EAST TIMOR: NEW COUNTRY, OLD TRICKS
Lao Hamutuk

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AT THE ADB: THE COST OF
SECRECY
Bank Information Center

NUMBER 89, July 2003 (PDF version click here)

INVITATION TO JOIN UNDP DISCUSSION FORUM ON TRADE

PHILIPPINES’ LASHES OUT AT EU, US INTRANSIGENCE
Philippines Statement to the Special Session of the WTO Committee on Agriculture

THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE & THE DEMISE OF PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
Walden Bello

THE CRISIS OF THE GLOBALIST PROJECT & THE NEW ECONOMICS OF BUSH
Walden Bello

NUMBER 90, August 2003 (PDF version click here)

CRITICS OF GLOBALIZATION ARRIVE IN CANCUN
Sandra Rodriguez

MONTREAL: MINI-MINISTERIAL, MICRO-RESULTS, MASS ARRESTS
Aziz Choudry

CHAIRS ABUSE THEIR POWER IN WTO NEGOTIATIONS
Aileen Kwa

SOUTH AFRICA'S SUBIMPERIAL AGENDA: Splitting Africa to launch a new trade round
Patrick Bond

NUMBER 91, September 2003 (PDF version click here)

IN THIS ISSUE

WHY A DERAILED WTO MINISTERIAL IS THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE SOUTH
by Walden Bello

MANY A SLIP TWIXT CUP AND LIP: THE CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE ACCESS TO DRUGS CAMPAIGN
by Nicola Bullard

CANCUN AND THE BATTLE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTIES' MARKETS: ANOTHER FORM OF WARFARE
by Aileen Kwa

NUMBER 92, September 2003 (PDF version click here)

IN THIS ISSUE

THOUSANDS MARCH ON EU, US IN BANGKOK
Nicola Bullard

OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Thai Popular Sector

DERAIL THE WTO! How united is civil society in Cancun?
Stuart Hodgkinson

PROTECTIONISM TRUMPS FREE TRADE AT THE WTO
Mark Weisbrot

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE WTO: THE REAL WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa

NUMBER 93, September 2003 (PDF version click here)

AFTER…

THE MEANING OF CANCUN
Walden Bello

CANCUN FAILURE: AFRICA SHOWED THE WAY
Devinder Sharma

PHILIPPINES: COALITION CELEBRATES WTO TALKS’ COLLAPSE
Stop the New Round Coalition, Philippines

WE WON IN CANCUN: TIME TO WORK FOR BIGGER VICTORIES
SNR! Coalition Statement on the Collapse of the WTO Talks in Cancun

DURING…

THE CANCUN WTO MINISTERIAL DECLARATION

NGOS CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO REJECT 13 SEPTEMBER DRAFT

CANCUN: THE FENCE AT KILOMETRE ZERO
Katharine Ainger

INDIA: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE OUT OF THE WTO! INDIA OUT OF THE WTO!
Shalmali Guttal

BEFORE…
WAR BY OTHER MEANS WTO: Weapon of Mass Destruction?
Herbert Docena

FROM SEA TURTLES TO SMART BOMBS: HOW THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT IS TAKING ON THE GLOBAL WAR MACHINE
Steven Staples

NUMBER 94, November 2003 (PDF version click here)

MADRID DONOR'S CONFERENCE: THE "PENDING BONANZA"
Herbert Docena

THE US MILITARY: BRINGING HOPE "TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD"
Ben Moxham

CANCUN: THE ANATOMY OF PROTEST
Josep Maria Antentas and Josu Egireun

GLOBALIZATION OR NATIONAL BOURGEOISIE: AN OUTDATED DEBATE
Raul Zibechi

WALDEN BELLO RECEIVES 'ALTERNATIVE NOBEL'
Citation for the Right Livelihood Award, 2003

NUMBER 95, November 2003 (PDF version click here)

ORIGINAL FTAA VISION SCRAPPED AS PEOPLE POUR INTO MIAMI FOR ANTI-FREE TRADE PROTEST
By Walden Bello

THE POST-CANCUN BACKLASH AND SEVEN STRATEGIES TO KEEP THE WTO OFF THE TRACKS
By Aileen Kwa

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BEING PUSHED TOWARDS “FLEXIBILITY”
By Aileen Kwa

CHARITY IN NAME OF SCIENCE
By Devinder Sharma

THEY FEED THE WORLD, BUT THEIR CHILDREN GO HUNGRY
By Marni Pigott and Luc Demaret